(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
ankylostomiasis
ankylostomiasis
noun
Alternative form of ancylostomiasis
antiketogenesis
antiketogenesis
noun
The inhibition of ketogenesis
antiturnpikeism
auldfarrantlike
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
candlestickward
chickenbreasted
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterattacker
counterattacker
noun
One who carries out a counterattack.
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
crackpottedness
darkheartedness
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
diadochokinetic
diadochokinetic
adj
Relating to diadochokinesis.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
electrokinetics
electrokinetics
noun
(physics) the electrodynamics of electrical circuits
franklinization
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
heartbrokenness
heartbrokenness
noun
The state or quality of being heartbroken.
heartsicknesses
heartsicknesses
noun
plural of heartsickness
honeymoonstruck
hyperalkalinity
hyperalkalinity
noun
The property of being hyperalkaline.
internetworking
internetworking
verb
present participle of internetwork
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
intertrafficked
intraleukocytic
intraleukocytic
adj
(cytology) Between leukocytes.
junggrammatiker
katakinetomeric
kenogenetically
kindergartening
kindergartening
noun
(archaic) The skill or practice of caring for children in a kindergarten.
kindheartedness
kindheartedness
noun
The quality of being kindhearted.
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinesthetically
kinesthetically
adv
In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics
kjeldahlization
knickknackatory
knickknackatory
noun
(rare) A collection of knick-knacks.
kremlinologists
leatherlikeness
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
meekheartedness
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
nannoplanktonic
outspokennesses
outspokennesses
noun
plural of outspokenness
painstakingness
painstakingness
noun
The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
persnicketiness
persnicketiness
noun
The state or condition of being persnickety.
pharmacokinetic
pharmacokinetic
adj
(pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacokinetics.
phenakistoscope
phenakistoscope
noun
An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through slits, often via a mirror, thus producing the illusion of motion.
phenylketonuria
phenylketonuria
noun
(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
phytoplanktonic
phytoplanktonic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, phytoplankton
prekindergarten
prekindergarten
adj
Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.
noun
(US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
prokindergarten
quickwittedness
quickwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being quickwitted.
rumpelstiltskin
rumpelstiltskin
Proper noun
A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.
sabbathbreaking
sanskritization
sanskritization
Noun
A form of social change in India and Nepal, in which members of lower castes seek upward mobility by emulating the rituals and practices of the upper or dominant castes.